Holder for surgical instruments.



T. S. WALLING. HOLDER FOR SUEGIGAL INSTRUMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.19,1906.

Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

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UNITED STATES T OFFICE.

THORNE s. wALLiEe, F PAssAfo, NEW JERSEY. HOLDER, FOR SURGICAL'INsTRUM-ENTs.

934,486. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 21, 1909.Application filed September 19, 1906. Serial No. 335,194.

of the kind indicated, carrying any desired number of the needles, andalso a casing 1nclosing the plate.

In the accompanying drawings a hypo- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THORNE S. W ALLING, a citizen of the United States,residing at assaic, in the county of assaic and State of New Jersey,have invented new and usedermic needle is indicated generally by the fulImprovements in Holders for Surgical reference numeral 1, the shank ofthe needle Instruments, of which the following is a by 2 and thethreaded socket in the shank specification. by 3.

he invention relates to holders for surgical instruments and moreespecially to holders for hypodermic needles.

Objects of the invention are to provide a holder which shall be compact,durable, of neat and attractive appearance, simple and inexpensive ofmanufacture, and which will hold the needles firmly in position while atthe same time permitting of their being quickly and easily disengagedfrom the holding means. These and other objects of invention will inpart be obvious and will in part more fully appear hereinafter. 7

he invention consists in the novel parts, articles, improvements andcombinations herein shown and described.

he accompanying drawings, referred to herein and forming a part hereof,illustrate one embodiment of the invention, the same serving inconnection with the herein to explain the principles vention.

Of the drawings: Figure l is a perspective View of a package containingsurgical instruments; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a plate holdinghypodermic needles, Fig. 3 is a side elevation corresponding to Fig. 2;Fig. i is a section on line A-B of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a fragmentarysectional view sh of a somewhat different form. of tl eferring to theaccompanying drawings which illustrate by way of example one embodimentof the invention, it will be seen that one feature of the inventioncomprises a holding plate having a resilient tongue which tongue isshaped to engage the socket'in the needle shank so 4 designates a plateof resilient material from which a suitably shaped tongue 5 has beenstruck up so aperture 6 in the plate. The tongue 5 may be bent so as togive a gentle spring pressure such as will be sufficient to frictionallyhold the illustrated embodiment the parts are further shown so disposedthat the tongue 5 serves to press the needle shank into the aperture inthe plate, the i held more firmly than when held merely in frictionalengagement with the plate.

The shank 2 o the needle may be round or polygonal and such shanks arefrequently hexagonal in form. In the drawings description faces pressingof the inagainst the edges of the aperture 6.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings one form of the tongue 5 is shown wherein thesaid tongue is curved so as to contact entirely along one of its faceswith the interior of the socket 3 of the shank 2 of figure also theplate 4 1s shown as having engagement between the plate and the shank.The plate 4 may be made to plurality of needles which may be arrangedfor convenience in alternate positions as shown in Fig.

rawings, so as to occupy but a small space upon the plate.

According to one feature of the invention it is con emplated to leave anaperture therein, the tongue being formed to engage the socket in theneedle sl' shank so as to press the shank into the aperin an outerportion 8 in a well-known man- :ure in the plate. The part 7 is made soas to Other features of the invention contemthe plate 4-, the whole thusforming a com- 1ate a package comprising a holding plate pact and stablepackage.

fit closely 7 nation a hyp From all the foregoing it will be understoodthat a device has een provided which realizes the objects of inventionand the advantages herein set together with other objects andadvantages. It will be understood further that certain changes can bemade in a particular embodiment of the invention without departing fromthe princiles thereof. 7

What I do claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is:

1. A surgical package including in combioderinic needle, a plate havinga resilient tongue carrie thereupon, said tongue engaging the socket inthe needle shank so as to press the needle shank in engagement with theplate.

2. A surgical package including in combination a hypodermic needle, aplate having a resilient tongue struck up therefrom so as to leave anaperture in the plate, said tongue engaging the socket in the needleshank so as to press the shank into the aperture in the plate. 7

3. A surgical package including in combination a plate, a plurality ofhypodermic needles arranged in alternate positions upon the said plate,a plurality of resilient tongues carried upon the said plate andengaging t e sockets in the shanks of the successive needles 'so as topress the needles in position upon the plate.

at. A surgical package including in combination a plate, a plurality ofhypodermic needles arranged in alternate positions upon the said plate,a plurality of resilient tongues struck up in alternate directions fromthe said plate so as to leave apertures in the plate, the said tonguesengaging sockets in the shanks of the successive needles so as to presseach shank into its aperture in the plate.

5. A surgical package including in combination a hypodermic needle, aplate of resilient material having a tongue struck up therefrom so as toleave an aperture in the plate, said tongue engaging the socket in theneedle shank so as to press the needle sh into the said aperture, and acase adapted to be opened and closed for containing the needle andplate, the said case fitting closely the said plate.

6. A surgical package including in combination a case, a plate withinthe said case, portions of the said case fitting closely the said plateso as to hold it in position, a plurality of hypodermic needles arrangedin alternate positions upon the said plate, and a plurality of resilienttongues carrie by the said plate, each tongue engaging the socket in theshank of one of the said needles. nation a case, a plate within the saidcase, oortions of the said case fitting closely, the said plate so as tohold it in position, a plurality of hypodermic needles arranged inalternate positions upon plurality of tongues struck up from sai plateso as to form apertures therein so shaped that the shank of a needlewill fit into an aperture, and so that a tongue will engage the socketinthe needle shank to hold the needle in position upon the plate.

8. A surgical package including in combination an inclosing casing, ahypodermic needle therein and a member within the socket of the needleshank and exerting pressure thereupon to hold the needle in positionwhile the point is free from contact with the casing. V V

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THORNE Witnesses:

J OHN MORGAN, CLARA PHILLIPS.

s, WALLING.

7. A surgical package including in combithe said plate, and a 7

